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incorporating
Diploma in Business Administration
Certificate
in Business Administration
Introduction
Contents
Advanced
Diploma in Business Administration Courses
The
Diploma in Business Administration is designed to increase
and enrich the knowledge acquired during completion of the
certificate program. Also normally completed part-time, the
diploma includes the 8 further units of the degree programme.
The
Diploma in Business Administration requires completion of
the certificate programme or equivalent, subjects, as well
as:
Principles
of Accounting II
Recommended Texts
Macroeconomics
This
is the second of the two Economics core modules in the BBA
programme whose purpose is to introduce to the student the
basic principles of macroeconomics. Course resources are also
online, although students are required to come to attend the
sessions at their learning centres.
The
purpose of this course is to develop a practical understanding
of the global economy, with special emphasis on the impact
of international macroeconomics developments on financial
markets and business
The
other main branch of economics is called microeconomics, which
is covered in an earlier module (BU160) module.
Recommended
Texts
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Macroeconomics:
Principles and Tools,
Arthur O'Sullivan Steven M. Sheffrin |
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Macroeconomics
- A European Text Third Edition
Michael
Burda, Professor of Macroeconomics and Labour, Economics,
Humboldt University, Berlin, and Charles Wyplosz, Professor
of Economics, Graduate Institute of International Studies,
University of Geneva
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Economic
Change, Governance and Natural Resource Wealth: The Political
Economy of Change in Southern Africa
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Social
and Environmental Justice (pdf)
Rural
Poverty Eradication and Natural Resource Conservation
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Resources
Business
Law
Business
Law module surveys the legal and ethical environments of business.
These environments include positive law, the foundations of
American law, criminal law, tort law, contracts, warranty
law, product liability, government regulation, property
(including bailment), ethics and social responsibility or
more specifically:
- Legal
reasoning,
- Court
systems,
- Alternative
dispute resolution (ADR)
- Criminal
law
- Tort
law,
- Strict
liability
- Products
liability
- Intellectuality
property,
- Common
law contracts,
- Introduction
to the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)- Sales and lease
Warranties,
- Government
regulation,
- Bailment,
- Personal
property.
Recommended
Texts
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International
Law
Antonio
Cassese, Professor of International Law, University
of Florence, and former President of the International
Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
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Kubasek/Brennan/Browne,
The Legal Environment of Business
Taking
a dynamic, and very contemporary approach to legal environment
of business studies, this text covers introductory topics,
private law, and public law, but offers an alternative
to the traditional method of case analysis. It emphasises
the importance of incorporating a questioning dimension
into legal reasoning, one which involves critical thinking
and the consideration of the impact of values (ethics)
on the outcome being considered. The text outlines an
authoritative step-by-step model for critical thinking/ethical
analysis, and gives students hands-on opportunities
to develop these skills.
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Information
Systems
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Texts
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Management
Information Systems : New Approaches to Organisation and
Technology by Kenneth C. Laudon, Jane Price Laudon
Review:
Utilising technology to explain information systems
and technology, this best seller prepares readers for
the ever-changing demands of information systems management.
The authors focus on the interconnections between technology,
the organisation, and IS management. Explores all of
today's leading-edge topics such as intranets and extranets,
firewalls and Internet security, Internet-based group
collaboration, and supply chain management. Tracks emerging
technologies and organisational trends using real business
examples to illustrate MIS issues and concepts. Features
an enhanced Web site for management problem solving,
with electronic commerce tours of real companies, international
links to Web sites around the world, and more. Offers
an optional CD-ROM with figures, graphs, photos, audio,
video, exercises, and summaries. The ideal reference
for executives and managers who want to learn more about
management information systems.
Official
Prenhall Web (with resources for instructors)
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Essentials
of Management Information Systems : Organisation and Technology
by Kenneth C. Laudon, Jane Price Laudon
Review:
Essentials of Management Information Systems, 2/e, prepares
students of the constantly changing demands of information
systems management - first by relating MIS to management,
the organisation, and technology, focusing on the importance
of integrating these elements; secondly by tracking
emerging technologies and organisational trends; thirdly
by consistently using examples taken from real businesses
both domestic and foreign. The Second Edition explores
the recent, rapid expansion of INTERNET related technologies
and the impact they are having on how business is being
done. The CD ROM-based Multimedia Edition offers all
the text content, including figures, graphs, illustrations,
and photos plus added multimedia dimensions of audio,
video, animations, and an interactive study guide. Students
may use the traditional text or the CD ROM independently
or use the CD in conjunction with the text as a multimedia
learning tool.
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Resources
Business
Finance II
Recommended
Texts
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Options,
Futures, and Other Derivatives, Fifth Edition
by: John C. Hull, University of Toronto
This
fifth edition text represents how academia and real
world practice have come together with a common respect
and focus of theory and practice. It provides a unifying
approach to the valuation of all derivatives. This popular
course text is considered to be “ the bible ”
by practitioners. The Fifth Edition has a total of seven
new chapters.
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Investments:
A Global Perspective, Jack C. Francis, Bernard Baruch
College
Roger Ibbotson, Yale School of Management
This
book brings together the latest developments in investments,
education, and computer software. It is written in a
modular fashion for instructor flexibility in covering
material in a sequence that accommodates their needs.
It is accompanied by the professionally well known Ibbotson
Software that will allow your students hands on experience
with this powerful tool.
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Resources
Managerial
Communication
Recommended
Texts
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Bienvenu/Timm:
Business Communication: Discovering Strategy, Developing
Skills
This
concise book teaches basic business concepts as they
relate to communication. Basing the text on a consistent
Strategic Communication Model, readers are given a template
for creating and delivering appropriate and effective
messages via a variety of media and in a wide range
of contexts.
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Management
Communication: A Case-Analysis Approach,
James S. O'Rourke IV
As
business goes global and begins to move at e-speed,
how will management communication change for students
of business? This book takes a strategic approach to
management thought and action, focusing on communication
in transition, communication ethics, listening and feedback,
communicating nonverbally, communicating in intercultural
and international contexts, managing conflict, business
meetings, and dealings with the media.
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Managerial
Communication: Bridging Theory and Practice,
Charles, E. Beck
For
undergraduate/graduate-level courses in Advanced Business
Communication, Management and Leadership, Communication
for Managers, Managerial Communication, and Written
and Oral Communication for MBAs. Innovative in perspective,
this text emphases the extremely close connection between
communication and the traditional functions of management
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Consumer
Behaviour
The
understanding of consumer behaviour is fundamental to the
field of marketing and the development of marketing strategies.
You will find that this course applies to many experiences
that you have everyday, and throughout the course you will
discover ways in which you have been influenced or attracted
to products and services through the use of marketing strategies.
Recommended
Texts
Resources
Management
of Diversity
This
course introduces students to current topics in diversity:
national and international demographics of the changing face
of the work force; processes that create diversity including
the organisation of work; leadership, managing differences
in work settings; management responses to diversity; and connections
to larger institutional dynamics.
The
objectives are
- To
enhance our ability to recognise and understand the manifestations
and impacts of all forms of diversity in the business
context.
- To
enhance readiness and ability to reflect upon our own
reasoning tendencies around questions of diversity
- To
identify and practice strategies and skills for
maximising the potential benefits of operating in an increasingly
diverse context
- To
enhance our readiness and ability to take leadership roles
in addressing diversity within business organisations.
Recommended
Texts
Resources
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